EPA Releases Updated Version of “Working Approach” Document for New Chemicals Review The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released on December 20, 2019, an updated version of the “Working Approach” document that builds upon EPA’s November 2017 “New Chemicals Decision-Making Framework: Working Approach to Making Determinations under Section 5 of […]
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Dec 20, 2019
States Continue to Dominate Regulation, Despite Some Federal Efforts – Update from Kaplan, Kirsch & Roclwell, LLP
States Continue to Dominate PFAS Regulation, Despite Some Federal Efforts States continue to lead the way on the regulation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (referred to collectively as “PFAS”), though targeted federal efforts to regulate the chemicals are ongoing, and more efforts are expected in the new year. PFAS are […]
Biobased and Renewable Products Update December 19, 2019 Federal EPA Publishes Final Rule On RFS Standards For 2020 On December 19, 2019, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator, Andrew Wheeler, signed the final rule on the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program, setting the renewable fuel percentages for 2020. […]
December 18, 2019 Special Master Recommends Denying Florida’s Request for Equitable Apportionment in Florida-Georgia Water Dispute The Special Master in the long-running dispute between Florida and Georgia over the apportionment of the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin (ACF Basin) issued a report to the U.S. Supreme Court last week that is favorable […]
On December 17, the Federal Circuit handed down a significant decision that finds the Government liable for damages to Tropical Storm Harvey flood victims in the Houston area. In Re Upstream Addicks and Barker (Texas) Flood-Control Reservoirs, Case 1:17-cv-09001-CFL (12/17/19 Fed. Claims) (“Addicks”). The Addicks decision finds liability only (damages […]